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Honeywell Crafts Safer Approaches Through Technology

Flying Magazine

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. In daylight, when the visibility is good, the winds calm, and the pilot familiar with the airport—and the approach is a straight in—the visual is no big deal.

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US Lawmakers Urgently Add Amendments As Critical FAA Bill Deadline Approaches

Simple Flying

The extensive bill is set to address the nation's massive shortage of air traffic controllers and implement new safety technology that could assist in reducing runway collisions, among other provisions.

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KLM Airbus A330 suffers bird strike departing Amsterdam damaging both engines

Aerotime

However, the crew stopped the climb at 6,000ft (1,829m) around four minutes after take-off and reported to air traffic controllers that the aircraft had struck a flock of birds on departure. The aircraft remained off the west coast of the Netherlands while heading north to prepare for the approach back into Schiphol.

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NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

Aerotime

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that interruptions and multitasking led to distractions that resulted in a near-collision incident between a Delta Air Lines and American Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York earlier last year.

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Terrifying: Southwest 737 Descends To 150 Feet Above Tampa Bay

One Mile at a Time

Southwest Airlines can’t seem to stay out of the news lately when it comes to concerning safety incidents. On top of that, weather conditions in Tampa weren’t great that day, with rain and strong gusts, so it was a tricky approach. Around 2hr50min after departure, the plane was on approach to runway 10 at Tampa Airport.

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Pilots Report Seeing UFOs, Mysterious Lights, Near DFW

One Mile at a Time

Look, I’d like to think that I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but this sure makes you wonder… Pilots report object in sky “jogging back and forth” VASAviation is an awesome YouTube channel that shares interesting air traffic control audio. And would be moving in formation, sometimes really fast on the horizon.

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Southwest 737 Buzzes Oklahoma City Suburbs In Bizarre Incident

One Mile at a Time

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating yet another incident involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737. This incident involves Southwest Airlines flight WN4069 from Las Vegas (LAS) to Oklahoma City (OKC), which departed on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The aircraft was cleared for a visual approach on runway 17R.